Bag and twine or sample holder



(No Model.)

F. H. SMITH.

BAG AND TWINE 0R SAMPLE HOLDER. No. 412,803. Patented Oct. 15, 1889.

NITED STATES 5 PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK II. SMITH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BAG AND TWINE OR SAMPLE HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent NO. 412,803, dated October15, 1889.

Application filed June 24, 1889, Serial No. 315,354- (No model.)

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK H. SMITH, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag andTwine or Sample Holders, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in bag and twine orsample holders; and it consists of the novel construction andcombination of parts, as will fully appear from the followingdescription and accompanying illustration, in which Figure 1 is a sideelevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof; and Fig. 3 isa detached view of one of the hanger-arms, portions being broken away.

I11 carrying out my invention I employ a series of hanger-arms A A, eachtwo arms being made in a single piece of wire, the upper or centralportion of each wire being coiled, as at at, around the central or shankportion of a suspending contrivance B, the ends of the latter each beingformed with an eye or ring I). rangenient are swiveled in position upontheir suspending contrivance and connected and held together in a simpleand substantial manner. Thelower portions of the wires of thehanger-arms are curved or bowed downward and formed with loops A A,which have at their lower ends eyes c a. The upper ends of the wires ofsaid loops are formed with hooks a a through which pass thedownwardly-extended portion of the same wires, the hooks (t a pointingoutward and slightly upward. The purpose of such construction is topermit, by pressing inward upon the outer or upwardly-extended portionsof the wires of the loops, the catching or hooking of the beaks of thehooks a a under the rim or loop of the twine-basket, (presentlydescribed,) the hooks thereby being permitted to spring back to theiroriginal or normal position after the removal of pressure therefrom, andthus automatically clasp the basket or holder in position in the hooksand inward from the downwardly-extended wires of the hanger-arms.

The hanger-arms bythis ar- C is the basket or twine-holder, which is ofa reticulated nature, having a circular wire rim or hoop c a shortdistance inward from the outer looped ends of its upwardly and outwardlyextending bottom and side, forming wires 0' c, and under which rim, asabove stated, catches the hooks c of the hangerarln loops A. The twinepassage or opening 0 in the bottom of the basket C is lined or providedwith a bushing 0 to prevent the catching of the twine upon the edges ofsaid opening.

D is a hoop or ring, which is held in the eyes a a of the hanger-armloops A", and upon which are suspended the bail-like hooks or clasps E.These hooks or clasps are of the having upper bent or hooked ends whichengage said hoop or ring D, and at their lower ends horizontalspring-held pins, which rest near their pointed ends in eyes or loops atthe lower ends of one of their vertical end portions. The hooks orclasps are inverted and slipped upon the rim or hoop c, and then turnedround into their normal position, which prevents their accidentaldisplacement thereafter in securing bags thereon, the elasticity of thecurved wire admitting the hooks to be slipped upon the hoop or rim andpreventing their accidental removal therefrom. These hooks are used forsuspension of paper .bags or sacks, or for holding articles to displaythe same.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is a 1. In a bag and twine holder, thecombination of the hanger-arms formed of single lengths of wire andcoiled in their middles abouta suspending hook or ring to form aswivel-support, and the hoop supported by said arms, substantially asset forth.

2. In a bag and twine holder, the combination of the hanger-arms formedof single lengths of wire and coiled in their middles about asuspension-hook to form a swivelsupport, the hoop supported by saidhangerarms, and the twine-holder supported by hooks formed at theupturned ends of the arms, substantially as set forth.

8. In a twine and bag holder, the hangerconstruction substantially asshownt'. 6.,

arms formed of single lengths of wire supporting the hoop, and thespring-pin having upper curved approximately U-shaped portions to clampover the hoop or ring, and the lower spring-pin portion, substantiallyas set forth.

4. In a twine and bag holder, the combination of the hanger-arms formedof single lengths of wire and coiled in their middles about a hook orring to form a swivel-support, the twine-holder bushed at its outlet oropening and supported by hooks formed on the upturned ends of saidhanger-arms, the hoop supported thereby, and the spring-pins havingupper curved approximately U- shaped portions to clamp over the hoop orring, substantially as set forth.

5. In a twine and bag holder, the combination of the supporting-armsformed of a single length of wire, said arms being coiled at theirmiddles about a stemmed suspendingring to form a swivel-support, thehoop supporting the hooks or pins, and the twine-support, substantiallyas set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK H. SMITH.

Witnesses FREDERICK SANDERSON, THos. NORTHEN.

